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I previously posted about my cousin who was sheriff at the time of the murders, and his theory that I didn’t really understand. By chance this week while I was in Brownwood at the courthouse, I ran into a former deputy who was on the force when the murder occurred, but was not assigned to the...

One other thing to add is that many folks in Brownwood believed that Miss Goodman was killed to silence her because she somehow had information related to drug activity in town at the time. I don’t know how that would square with the theory that it was McGuinn, but that was a popular rumor...

My second cousin, Bill Donahoo, was Brown County Sheriff at the time Amanda Goodman was killed. I also knew folks who were interviewed as possible witnesses who might have seen the truck driving down Indian Creek Road that day. Years after he retired as Sheriff, I asked him if he thought he...